Dressing-comb.



No. 794.244. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

' T. MQK. NOYES.

DRESSING (70MB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1904.

Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MOKEOHNIE NOYES, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

DRESSING-COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,244, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed June 21, 1904. Serial No. 213,459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MOKEOHNIE NoYEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, county of Broome, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dressing-Combs, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in dressing combs, the improvements of the present invention having reference particularly to that class of combs in which the body portion or comb proper is composed of born or other suitable material and is provided with a metallic back secured to the comb proper at the base of its teeth and serving to give rigidity and strength to the comb.

It is the object of the present invention to provide combs of this class with handles for the convenience of the persons using them and to make such handles integral with the metal back of the comb.

It is also the object of the present invention in providing such handle to so shape it that it will be adapted not only for use as a handle, but also for the reception of some meansas a nail, chain, or the like-by which it may be suspended from the wall or from some other convenient point.

As a full understanding ofthe improvements of the present invention can best be had from a detailed description of an organization embodying the same, such description will now be given, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face View of a comb constructed in accordance with the present invention in its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the line 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, 1 represents the base of the comb proper, and 2 its teeth. This portion of the comb may be composed of any of the materials commonly used in the manufacture of combs, such as horn, and may be provided with coarse or fine teeth or with both coarse and fine, although in the drawings only coarse teeth are shown. The back 3 of the comb, which is of bendable metal of somewhat greater length at each end than the comb proper, has its edges bent around into U shape and secured in grooves 4 cut in the base of the comb, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The surplus portion of the back 3 at one end is bent downward in line with the teeth of the comb proper, so as to provide an end tooth 5, suitably rounded by means of dies to provide smooth surfaces for contact with the hair of the user. The surplus portion at the opposite end of the back or back portion 3, which is of some considerable length, is utilized for the purpose of providing a handle 6 for the convenience of the person using the comb. To form this handle, the end portion, just referred to, of the back 3 is, as shown in Fig. 1, extended quite some distance beyond the end of the comb and is bent downwardly and inwardly toward the comb-teeth and then upwardly into engagement with the comb at the edge of the base opposite that to which the back or back portion 8 is secured. The end of this inwardly and upwardly bent portion is secured to an extension 7 of the base by means of suitable dies in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, the edges of such end portion being forced into grooves 8, provided in such extension 7 This extended portion 7 of the base is preferably deeper than the toothed portion of the base, or reinforced, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to provide a firm and rigid connection for the end of the handle. The form into which this extended portion of the back 3 is bent to form the handle is preferably that of a loop, as shown, as thereby a handle of convenient width is provided and an opening is also provided by which the comb may be suspended from the wall or toilet fixtures by means of a hook, chain, or the like, as before stated. The metal which forms the handle instead of having its edges bent toward each other into U-shaped tubular form has such edges bent into contact with or into close proximity to each other, so as to form a closed tube of smooth exterior.

The present invention is advantageous not only because it provides a convenient handle for a comb which is integral with the back and also means by which the comb may be suspended from the wall or toilet fixtures, but it has a further advantage in that by reason of the provision of such a handle short pieces of comb material may be used up in the manufacture of combs, as such a handle secured to such a short section of material Will provide a comb which in length will be about equal to or slightly in excess of that of a comb of the ordinary length unprovided with a handle. The section of material shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings is such ashort section as is here referred to. It will also be observed that with a single strip of backing material there are provided the back of the comb, one end tooth; and also a handle, which latter is so shaped as to be readily attachable to any device for 

